[GNHLUG] MerriLUG: April 2nd 2013 - Bitcoin

[Ben Scott]

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:27 PM, David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> wrote:
>>   Peer-to-peer is two guys meeting on a street corner and saying "Hey,
>> wanna buy some Bitcoins?"  :)
>
> What if 100 guys meet on a street corner?

  Umm... then there's more of them?  :)  It doesn't inherently affect
the peer-to-peer nature, if that's what you're asking.

> And what if that street corner is then blocked, "DoS'd" if you will,
> by a rival gang? Isn't that exactly what happened here?

  I guess so... I get the feeling this analogy has gotten out-of-control.  :)

-- Ben